Creating a Informational interview Schedule Coms(Hospital Admin)
Please conduct an Informational interview Schedule between myself and a healthcare administrator about the job working as an administrator, its challenges and
requirements. Below is a template to use and follow to create this assignment.
Please conduct an Informational interview Schedule between myself and a healthcare administrator about the job working as an administrator, its challenges and
requirements. Below is a template to use and follow to create this assignment.
Grading your submission will be done using the following criteria:
• The use of questions
• Appropriate selection of question type
• Avoidance of question pitfalls
• Correct distinctions between primary and probing questions
• Thoroughness of opening and closing
• Ability to effectively navigate through the type of interview you have chosen
The following template is to be used as a guideline to save you time in preparing your own interview schedule. Your opening and closing can be very similar to the ones
here, however, I would like you to tailor the opening and closing to your own needs, personality, and your interviewee. When you change the questions it will be easier
if you put your cursor at the beginning of the question or statement and type in your question then delete the current information. If you just delete the entire
question it may change the entire document. You may also want to save this original file and rename the file or do a “save as” and create a duplicate file so you will
always have the original. Because you will be using your schedule in your interview, you should give yourself adequate space to record responses after each question if
you decide to record the responses on your schedule. You do not have to provide me with the responses to the questions on the schedule that you submit.
Please remove these instructions from your interview schedule submission.
This is a sample of an interview meant to gather information. You will tailor your schedule to the type of interview you will be conducting as your “live” field
interview. Your schedule is to follow this format exactly with one exception. You do NOT need to draft a summary for the Closing of this schedule. Regardless, you
must include the other elements of the Closing. You are to address four (4) topics in your schedule. You may vary the number of primary and probing questions for each
topic as you see fit. Please place your name on your schedule.
Informational Interview Schedule for Classmate
I. Opening
A. (Establish Rapport) [shake hands] My name is ______________ and as a member of the same communications class, I thought it would be a good idea to interview
you, so that I can better inform the rest of the class about you.
B. (Purpose) We had a chance at the beginning of class to do a brief introduction. I would like to ask you some questions about your background, your education,
some experiences you have had, and some of your hobbies and interests in order to learn more about you and share this information with our class.
C. (Motivation) I hope to use this information to help our class become more comfortable
speaking with you by knowing you better.
D. (Time Line) The interview should take about 10 minutes. Are you available to respond to some questions at this time?
(Transition: Let me begin by asking you some questions about where you live and your family.)
II Body
A. (Topic) General demographic information
1. How long have you lived in the area?
a. Are you originally from the area?
b. I heard that you previously lived in Columbus. How did you like living there?
2. Tell me about the size of your immediate family?
a. How many siblings?
b. Please describe your relationship with your family.
c. What type of activities do you do with your family?
(Transition to the next topic: ____________(Remember to draft your own transitions.) _______________)
B. (Topic) Education
1. Why did you choose OU for your studies?
2. Why did you choose to Major in Human Services?
a. How many classes have you taken in Human Services?
b. Would you recommend the Major? If so, why?
c. Why did you change your Liberal Arts major to Human Services?
3. Do you plan to pursue a career in Social Services?
a. If so, where?
b. In what area of services would you like to specialize? Why?
c. What type of people would you like to work with? Why?
(Transition to the next topic: ________(Remember to draft your own transitions.)____________________)
C. (Topic) Experiences
1. You stated that you have had the opportunity to do some public speaking.
a. Where did you speak?
b. What was/were the occasion(s) that you presented?
c. How do you think that your previous public speaking experience(s) will help you in this class?
d. You stated three of your goals for this class this semester–please elaborate on these?
2. You said that you sell real estate in your spare time. How do you think this class will help you become a better real estate agent?
3. You said that you have traveled to Japan.
a. Where did you travel in Japan?
b. Describe your first impressions of Japanese culture.
c. Do you speak Japanese?
d. Would you recommend Japan to a fellow student as a travel destination? Why or why not?
e. What was your most enlightening experience in your travels to Japan?
(Transition to the next topic: _______________(Remember to draft your own transitions.)_________)
D. (Topic) Activities/Hobbies/Interests
1. What campus activities are you involved in besides the Human Services program?
2. You said that you love archery and you compete professionally.
a. What do you like best about archery?
b. What was your most memorable archery competition experience?
(Transition: Well, it has been a pleasure finding out more about you. Let me briefly summarize the information that I have recorded during our interview.)
III Closing
A. (You do not need to draft a summary for this schedule.)
B (Maintain Rapport) I appreciate the time you took for this interview. Is there anything else you think would be helpful for me to know so that I can
successfully introduce you to our class?
C. (Action to be taken) I should have all the information I need. Would it be alright to call you at
home if I have any more questions? Thanks again. I look forward to introducing you to the rest
of our class.
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